Service difficulty report · Vent Line · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
November 22, 2025
Submitted
November 24, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N545UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
4850
Aircraft time
45,693 hours, 18,076 cycles
Part
Vent Line
Condition
Coked
Location
Apu
Component
Apu · Hnywl · 1319A
Component part number
38007081
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: DURING APPROACH WITH ENGINES AT REDUCED OR IDLE POWER, DIRTY SOCK SMELL THROUGHOUT CABIN. LESS NOTICEABLE AT HIGHER POWER SETTINGS. ALSO NOTICED THE SAME SMELL AT THE GATE WHEN OPERATING ON APU BLEED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE APU AIR / OIL VENT LINE HAD EVIDENCE OF COKING AND REPLACED THE VENT LINE. A DECONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER TASK CARD 26L00021014. A SATISFACTORY LEAK / OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO ODORS NOTED.

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